Pico, a provider of technology services for the financial markets community, has launched a new managed co-location facility for Japan Exchange Group (JPX).
Latest figures from Crypto Fund Research reveal that prices for most cryptocurrencies are down more than 50 per cent in 2018, but despite that, crypto funds have been launching at a record pace. The first five months of 2018 have
AlphaCentric’s Income Opportunities Fund (IOFIX) has been awarded a five-star rating by Morningstar. The Fund celebrated its three-year anniversary on 05/28/2018, and generated a 12.34 per cent return rate for the three-year period ending 31 May 2018. This five-star rating
The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,525.5 million in May, down 1.3 per cent compared to May 2017, and up 8.2 per cent from the previous month. In the first five months of 2018,
Lendingblock, an institutional platform for collateralised crypto-currency lending, has partnered with digital asset brokerage firm Octagon Strategy Limited. As part of the partnership, Octagon Strategy will join the Lendingblock Institutional Advisory Group to trial and launch the Lendingblock platform’s real-time
The current environment is playing to the strengths of special situation hedge fund strategies, which seek to generate alpha from announced deals, and as merger spreads widen out, new opportunities are arising. This is according to Wayne Yu (pictured), the
Energy hedge funds soared in May to the best monthly gain since April 2016, leading the performance of the broad-based HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, with strong complementary contributions from Healthcare, Energy Infrastructure, and Technology exposures. The HFRI EH: Energy/Basic
Hedge fund managers were down 1.70 per cent in February as the development of the COVID-19 outbreak outside of Mainland China weighed on risk assets throughout the month, according to Eurekahedge.
By Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) are one of only a few hedge fund strategies that performed well throughout the market selloffs of 2000-2002, 2008 and 1st Q of 2020. Yet, investor’s perception of the strategy
Ropes & Gray has advised Hamilton Lane on Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund IV. The Fund announced its final close with USD900 million in commitments on 5 June, substantially above the initial target. The Fund is focused on making credit-oriented
